Monthly Archives: April 2018

BY LUKE DARBY April 22, 2018 (GQ.com) Photo by MATT WINKELMEYER Kaepernick is the latest recipient of the Ambassador of Conscience Award, joining Nelson Mandela and Malala Yousafzai. Since being named GQ‘s Citizen of the Year, Colin Kaepernick has received Sports Illustrated‘s Muhammed Ali Legacy Award and theEason More Courageous Advocate Award from the ACLU. Now, Amnesty… Continue reading →

By J.K. Dineen, April 22, 2018 (SFChronicle.com) The scandal involving cheating in the $1 billion cleanup at the former Hunters Point Naval Shipyard has until now focused on allegations of what was left behind at the site: radioactive dirt dumped into trenches to save the time and expense of testing and disposing of it properly.But former… Continue reading →

Please include ACCESSIBILITY info on events Check Indybay for other events: https://www.indybay.org/calendar/?page_id=12 UPDATES: A. Accepting rights award, Kaepernick decries ‘lawful lynching’ (April 21, 2018) https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/accepting-rights-award-kaepernick-decries-lawful-lynching/ar-AAw9FQM?ocid=sf  B. HSBC to stop financing most new coal plants, oil sands, arctic drilling (April 20, 2018) https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hsbc-strategy-fossil-fuels/hsbc-to-stop-financing-most-new-coal-plants-oil-sands-arctic-drilling-idUSKBN1HR1NR C. Snipers ordered to shoot children, Israeli general confirms (April 22, 2018) https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunimah/snipers-ordered-shoot-children-israeli-general-confirms D. Leahy… Continue reading →

RT America Published on Apr 20, 2018 Jimmy Dore fills in while Jesse Ventura is off the grid. Jimmy and Brigida Santos reveal why peaceful resistance is more effective than violent rebellion. Kevin Zeese of Popular Resistance discusses civil disobedience and Occupy Wall Street.

Plastic waste lies among other debris washed ashore on a beach in Sri Lanka. Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP By ALASTAIR BOONE MAR 27, 2018 (citylab.com) What’s 1.6 million square kilometers, weighs 80,000 metric tons, and is three times the size of continental France? That would be the Great Pacific Garbage Patch—the enormous collection… Continue reading →

The previous post was a warm up for this one. Too poor to matter. I read authorized areas. Holy shit! 1 Draft 4-17-18 P R O P O S E D REGULATIONS FOR SITTING, LYING, DOGS and OBJECTS ON SIDEWALKS AND IN PARKLETS 1) Purposes: The purpose of these regulations… Continue reading →

Cuba’s new president Miguel Diaz-Canel, right, and former president Raul Castro embrace after Diaz-Canel was elected as the island nation’s new president, at the National Assembly in Havana, Cuba, April 19, 2018. (Alexandre Meneghini / AP) Michael Weissenstein and Andrea RodriguezAssociated Press Raul Castro turned over Cuba’s presidency Thursday to a… Continue reading →

April 18, 2018 by Truthdig And who has all the power, in terms of violence? Our means of violence is very little. The government’s means, the right wing’s means, are very great. So, we’ve got to adopt nonviolence. by Chris Hedges “How can we as white people stand by while the nonwhite… Continue reading →

“Lights. Camera. Fiction!” (NewYorker.com)

April 12, 2018 (SeattleTimes.com) San Francisco 49ers’ Colin Kaepernick (7) and Eric Reid (35) kneel during the national anthem before an NFL football game against the Carolina Panthers in Charlotte, N.C., Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016. (AP Photo/Mike McCarn) The Seahawks may still consider bringing in Kaepernick for a visit as… Continue reading →